Vocals : Ron Trueman-Border and John Scott Cree
All guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, mandoline, drum machines by
Ron Trueman-Border except:
Guitars : John Scott Cree (tracks 1,6,15,16)
Saxes: Jim (Thunderbolt) Pitts (6,11,13)
Drums: Davide Quaquarella (1,5,6), Jock Cree (15)
Keyboards: Louis O'Neill (15)
Trumpet: Bernard Hodgson (15)
Double Bass: Alan Kennington (15)

Recording, mixing mastering by Jim Ward at Country Branch, Crawley, 2002
Additional recording and mixing on all tracks at The Little Room, Sidcup, 2002
Tracks 1,15,16 mastered at The Little Room, Sidcup
Production master by Jim Ward at Country Branch, Crawley
Drums & keyboard tracks on 15 - by Steve Hedges, Wash House Studio, Crawley
Drums tracks 1,5,6 - by Danilo Cavali & Robert Broggi, Settenotte, Milan

ONE FOR BOD - the players

New City Jazzmen(tracks 1-6, 9,10)

Trumpet: Bernard Hodgson

Trombone: Ron Westcott

Clarinet: Chris Jaques

Double Bass: Alan Kennington

Bod Bowles Jazz Band (tracks 12-15)

Trumpet: Bill Barnacle

Trombone: Bod Bowles

Clarinet: Ian (I can’t hear you) Turner

Double Bass: Dave Fairfoul

Drums: Pete Stevens

Vocals (track 15): Paul Sherman

Bass guitar: Will Scott Cree (BFH)(7), Mick Platt (10)

Double Bass: Alan Kennington (8)

Piano: Louis O’Neill (2,4,6,8), Kevin McPhillips (11)

Accordions: Iris Bishop (10)

Drums: Davide Quaquarella (1,3,5,6,9), Jock Cree (2,4,10)

Vocals (except track 15), guitars and percussion (tracks 7, 11): John Scott Cree

Recording by Jim Ward at Country Branch, Crawley (2001) except:

drums, piano (2,4,6) and bass guitar, drums (10) - by Steve Hedges, Wash House Studio, Crawley (1999)

drums (1,3,5,6,9) - by Danilo Cavali & Robert Broggi, Settenotte, Milan (1999)

piano (11) - by Jim Dennett, Lee Street, Horley (1976)

band (12-15) - by Ron Nunn, The Louis Armstrong, Dover (1972)

All editing, mixing, mastering, digital transfers from vinyl and glueing the bits together by Jim Ward

Piano on track 11 released originally on vinyl: Folk at The Chequers presents (WOUNDED WR 1068)

Band on tracks 12 – 15 released originally on vinyl: Bod Bowles Jazz Band (FLAMS FR 1064)

To the memory of Bod Bowles 1930-2000

 

A SUPERFLUOUS MAN - the players

Davide Quaquarella - Drums (1-4, 7, 10-12)

Jock Cree - Drums (5, 8, 9)

Mick Platt - Bass (1-4, 6-8, 10-12)

Kevin McPhillips - Bass/Backing vocals (5)

Dan Scott Cree - Bass (9)

Bob Wilkinson - Saxes

Eddie Hurdman - Fiddle

Joe Scott Cree - Wooden flute (9), Ukelele (8)

Nat Scott Cree - 12-string guitar (9)

John Standley - Harmony Meteor/Backing vocals (5)

The Phatt Bs - Backing vocals

JSC - Other guitars and percussion

Recording/mixing engineer:

Wash House: Steve Hedges

Seventh Wave: Lawrence (5)

Davide’s drums recorded at Settenote, Milan

engineers: Danilo Cavalli, Roberto Broggi

A superfluous man: the book

 

WIVABANDON - the players

Piano: Pete Arnesen(a), Cliff Hall(b)(c), Lance Dixon(d)

Fender Rhodes: Cliff Hall(b), Lance Dixon(d)

Hammond organ: Cliff Hall(c)

Guitars: Ricky Hitchcock(b)(c), Geoff Whitehorn(a)(d), Graham Ratcliff(e), JSC(c)(d)

Bass: Frank McDonald(a), Alan Jones(b)(c), Alan James(d)

Drums: Simon Phillips(a), Pete Kircher(b)(c)(d)

Harmonica: Mick Fox(b)

Tenor Sax: Ron Asprey(b)(c), Jeff Daly(d)

Baritone Sax: Ronnie Ross(b)(c)

Trumpet: Martin Drover(b)(c), Jeff Evans(b)(c)

Trombone: Geoff Wright (b)(c)

Congas, Bongos: Tony Carr(d)

Sleigh bells: Tony Atkins(a)

Handclaps: Tony Atkins(d), JSC(d)

Cowbell, Guiro, Cabasa: JSC(d)

Maracas (b)(d): JSC

Synthesizer: Mike Bailey(d)

Violin (c)(d): Julian Gaillard, G Palmer, D McConnell, D Moody, L Rossi, L Clay

Viola (c)(d): W Jones, G Scott

Cello (c)(d): Robin Firman, Denis Vigay

Vocals: Linda Taylor(c)(d), Sharon Campbell(d)

Brass, reed and string arrangements: Mike Bailey

Produced by Tony Atkins

Engineers: Terry Evennett, Paul Lipson (Pye)

Alan (TW)

(a) Recorded at TW Studios, 18 September 1975

(b) Recorded at Pye Studios, January 1978

(c) Recorded at Pye Studios, January-March 1978

(d)(e) Recorded at Pye Studios, March 1978

With thanks to:

Pye - Peter Prince, Jed Kearse, Terry Brown, Alan McLaughlin, Mike Everett, Dave Stevenson, Mike Allen, Nick Hugg, Roger Cox, Cherry and all the girls in the office

EMI Music Publishing - Kay O'Dwyer, Nigel Elderton, Maurice Clark, Paddy McIntyre, Ernie Ponticelli

more information

 

VINYL TOUR - the players

Eddie Hurdman - Fiddle (c),(d)

Mick Platt - Bass (c),(d)

Kevin McPhillips - Intro and drums (d)

John Joseph, Washboard (d)

Joe Scott Cree, Ukulele (d)

Madeleine Scott Cree, Whistle + Vocals (e)

Paul Scott Cree, Drums (e)

Will Scott Cree, Fiddle + Vocals (e)

Recorded at:

(a) Brighton Poly 9 December 1976

(b) Folk at The Chequers 17 April 1976

(c),(d) The Hawth 12 September 1997

(e) Notre Dame School, Crawley January 1995

Recording engineers:

(a) Pat Kingston

(b) Roy Stuart and Jim Dennett

(c)(d) John

Mixing engineer:

Martin Noakes

 

BOD BOWLES JAZZ BAND: Volume 1 - the players

Bod Bowles, trombone

Bill Barnacle, trumpet

Ian Turner, clarinet

Dave Fairfoul, bass

Pete Stevens, drums

Paul Sherman, vocals

John Scott Cree, guitar (depping for Pete Mercer, banjo)

Recorded at:

The Louis Armstrong, Dover 1972

 

DUO DAYS - the players

Eddie Hurdman - Fiddle, Guitar

Mick Platt - Bass

John Scott Cree, harmonica

Recorded at:

Wash House, Crawley, 1999

 

 

ANGELS - the players

George Wilson, guitar/vocals

The Rock Chicks - Jenny and Kate, back vocals

Joe Scott Cree, bouzouki and whistles

John Scott Cree, back vocals

Recorded at:

Over the Moon Music, Winchester, 2000

 

Enquiries about any of these - email

Copyright © John Scott Cree 2001-3

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